Originally Posted by
The Monk
March 9:
1837 - The settlement of Melbourne, Australia is named.
1870 - Granny Smith, who gave her name to the Granny Smith apple, dies.
1959 - The first Barbie doll goes on display at the American Toy Fair in New York City.
1918 - Russian Bolshevik Party becomes the Communist Party
1934 - Yuri Gagarin born in Klushino, RSFSR, Soviet Union
1945 - The US firebombs Tokyo, killing 100,000.
2004 - John Allen Muhammad was sentenced to death in Virginia for the murder of Dean Harold Meyers in Prince William County, Virginia as part of the so called 2002 Beltway sniper attacks, killing 10 people over 8 states Alabama, Arizona, California, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Texas and Virginia.